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Row to Become a 

CARTOOlllST 


IDashinqton School of Cartooninq 
IDashinqton, D. C. 










COPYRIGHT, 1921 
BY 

WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF CARTOONING 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 


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How to Become a 

CARTOONIST 



Washington School of Cartooning 
Washington, D. C. 






THEY FIND NO PLACE FOR’LANDING IN THESE PRESIDENTIAL WATERS 













The Man Who Stirs the World 
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W HE N 


Thomas 
Nast, the fam¬ 
ous old pioneer of 
American cartooning, 
was offered a salary 
of $10,000 a year as a 
cartoonist some years 
ago, the whole world 
gasped in amazement! 

Yet today, cartooning 
has become so impor¬ 
tant that several of our headliners are credited with receiv¬ 
ing far over $100,000 a year, and Nast’s once-great salary is now an easy possibility for 
any cartoonist who makes a real success of his work. 



THE CARTOONIST 


I N 1884 Grover Cleveland was elected 
president over James Blaine. A noted 
political authority at that time stated that 
in his judgment, a single cartoon against 
Blaine which was circulated throughout 
the country, was responsible for his de¬ 
feat. More recently in the World War, 
Germany threatened to declare war on 
Holland because of cartoons depicting 
Belgium atrocities, drawn by Louis Rae- 
mackers who was then living in Holland. 
These two cases illustrate the amazing 
power and influence of cartoons and cari¬ 
catures in bringing home political issues, 
in swaying public opinion and 
strengthening our faith in 
any cause. But the field 
of Cartooning is not lim¬ 


ited to cartoons of a serious nature. In 
fact comic cartoons today make just as 
big a hit. The great American Pub¬ 
lic wants to laugh, to be amused all 
the time. The astonishing increase in 
comic cartoons in the past few years is 
but an attempt to give the public what it 
wants. Today “Mutt and Jeff” is read by 
millions of people the whole world over. 
Similarly hundreds of other comic strips, 
sport cartoons, and animated cartoons 
are enthusiastically followed by a car¬ 
toon-loving public. The names of the 
cartoonists- who draw them are now as 
well known as the names of famous 
movie stars. Their sala¬ 
ries rank with the salaries 
of bank presidents. 

























Why Cartooning Is a 

Fascinating Field 

A FOURTEEN year old boy living in California who 
expects some day to become a famous cartoonist, 
was asked if he wouldn’t prefer to be President than a 
great cartoonist. Much to the astonishment of his au¬ 
dience he answered “No,” giving as his reason that car¬ 
toonists could “make” presidents, and Cartooning was 
much more fun anyway. Although he probably did not 
realize it this promising young Cartoonist had analized 
the profession of cartooning with extraordinary keen¬ 
ness. 

A Profession Filled With Pleasure and Profit 



J UST outside of New York in a quaint 
romantic place lives one of our most 
popular cartoonists. There far away 
from the disagreeable rush and noise of 
the city, he hunts, plays golf and other¬ 
wise thoroughly enjoys himself. A few 
hours each day he spends in his com¬ 
fortable home-studio in company with 
his “dream friends.” Together they think 
up new stunts and new ideas which will 
help to swell “the boss’s” already mon¬ 
ster income. 

Oftentimes it takes but a few minutes 
for this happy combination to think up 
and draw a cartoon. Yet this cartoon 
which was the work of but a few pleas¬ 
ant moments, is published by a syndicate 
throughout the country. Countless men 
and women see it and it carries them 
back to their childhood, recalling joyful 
memories long forgotten. Millions of 
people who have never seen this man 
love and respect him after seeing his 
work. 

Because of his very human cartoons, 
his ideas are read, quoted and requoted 
the world over. The acquaintance of 
this great cartoonist is sought by the 
biggest and most interesting people in 
the country. Many of the leading digni¬ 


taries visit him and his wife in their de¬ 
lightful home. His home life is always a 
picture of perfect happiness and comfort. 

His work leaves him free to travel too, 
for no matter where he is, he can easily 
send on his cartoons by mail to the cen¬ 
tral office. We see him at political con¬ 
ventions, at the big sporting events, at 
all the interesting celebrations. But 
wherever he is, his cartoons are always 
his unfailing credentials, his accepted let¬ 
ters of introduction which make him at 
all times a most welcome guest. 

The life of this great cartoonist is in¬ 
deed filled with pleasure and profit. And 
the same can be found true of the great 
number of other successful cartoonists. 
Whether they work in their own home 
or in the department of a newspaper or 
magazine, they receive a splendid reward 
for their pleasant work. They occupy 
prominent positions in their home city or 
town. Their “six-cylinder” incomes en¬ 
able them to enjoy all the luxuries of 
life. They all find cartooning the most 
lucrative, most powerful and most en¬ 
joyable of all branches of art, a profes¬ 
sion in which they can really put their 
hearts. 








How Your Favorite Cartoonists Started 

Probably in no other field could you find more interesting true life stories than 
among the very Cartoonists whose work y° u admire so much 


JV/TUTT and Jeff, Skinnay, Powerful 
Katrinka, Boob McNutt, Father and 
Maggie, Judge Rummy, and the dozens 
of other cartoon-characters have become 
bywords with all of us. But behind each 
one of these characters is a human mind 
—a regular fellow! 

To many of the millions of people who 
follow cartoons, Briggs, “Bud” Fisher, 
“Rube” Goldberg, Fontaine Fox and 
other cartoonists are merely names asso¬ 
ciated with clever cartoons. Yet any¬ 


one who is really interested in cartoon¬ 
ing as a profession, will find in the lives 
of these now famous men inspiring sto¬ 
ries far more fascinating than fiction— 
stories of ambitious young men who saw 
the possibilities in a fast-growing field 
and had the courage to change from a 
totally different career, stories of young 
cartoonists who at first did not show 
much promise but gradually “found 
themselves” and became national favor¬ 
ites. 


FONTAINE FOX 

'T’HIS extremely popular car- 
■■■ toonist tells us that he had his 
heart set on becoming a journalist. 

He did not even think of becoming 
a cartoonist until half way through 
college. He was covering the races 
on a summer job as reporter, when 
some of the caricatures he sub¬ 
mitted with his news write-ups 
Published by Courtesy of caught the attention of the editor. 

Central Press Assn. wag gi ven a job drawing 

which helped to pay his way through college. He 
did not however, give up his ideas of journalism un¬ 
til he had finished college. But since then his “Tom- The Toonerville Trolley that meets all the trains 
boy Taylor, “Terrible Tempered Mr. Bang,” “Toon- Printed by Courtesy of 

erville Trolley,” “The Powerful Katrinka,” “The Ab- Central Press Assn. 

sent Minded Professor” and other comics have not only earned him a fortune, but 
have won for him a host of friends. His mails are today filled with letters from en¬ 
thusiastic admirers telling of the great pleasure his cartoons afford them. Fontaine 
Fox’s character “Katrinka” can be traced back to one of the negro servant girls of 
the old Fox home in Louisville, where this famous cartoonist was born. “Tooner¬ 
ville Trolley” (which has now been adopted to movie comedies) was inspired by 
some of the “dinky lines” which some years ago ran in “Little New York.” His 
work is now not only syndicated all over the country, but also appears in some of 
our leading high-class magazines. 




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WINSOR McCAY 


I N the life of Winsor McCay 
the prospective cartoonist 
can read the story of a man 
who is keeping ahead of his 
profession. Starting as a 
comic artist with “Little 
Nemo,” he is today recog¬ 
nized as foremost among the 
serious cartoonists, his car- 
Printed by Courtesy of toons appearing on the edi- 
International Feature Service tor J al pages Q f the New York 

American and other papers throughout the coun¬ 
try. Winsor McCay is credited with being the 
first cartoonist to produce an animated cartoon, 
and his work in this direction appears to offer as 
much promise as his wonderful comics and se¬ 
rious cartoons. 



BREAKING HIS BACK 



Printed by Courtesy of Star Company 


GOLDBERG 



Printed by Courtesy of 
International Feature Service 


R L. (“Rube”) Goldberg 
• believes that the engi¬ 
neering profession didn’t lose 
much when he quit the mines 
in favor of his drawing pen¬ 
cil, but there are millions not 
only in this country but 
abroad who feel that they 
have been very much the 
winner because of his decis¬ 
ion. The early experience of 
this cartoon magnate is typical of the haphazard 
way that a large percentage of young men choose 
their career regardless of personal likes and dis¬ 
likes. The mining engineering field was sug¬ 
gested to “Rube” by his father. “Rube” thought it 

might be a pretty good line to get into, so went oft to the University of California 
to work for his degree. While there his cartoons in the college year book made him 
quite a campus idol and turned his thoughts in the direction of cartooning as a pro¬ 
fession. However, this world famous cartoonist had actually worked in the mines 
before he made his final decision to follow the profession which was so close to his 
heart. It meant going back to a salary of only $8 a week, but who will say it was 
not worth the sacrifice when we realize the enormous income which he is receiving 
from “Boob McNutt,” “Foolish Questions,” and his other cartoon gems. 



Printed by Courtesy of Central Press Assn. 


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GEORGE McMANUS 



A QUARTER of a century 
ago, 13-year-old George 
McManus stood fearfully before 
his “schoolmarm” in St. Louis. 

In her hand was a drawing of a 
small freckled faced boy with an 
upturned nose. This was the 
first official recognition of 
George’s work. His career since 
then has been marked by a se¬ 
ries of success with his latest 
comic series, “Bringing Up Father’’ the real master¬ 
piece of his life. McManus tells us that he got his 
favorite characters, Jiggs and Maggie, from a com¬ 
edy which he had seen acted as a mere boy. This 
series has become so popular that it is even pro¬ 
duced in distant China. McManus as a result of it, is another one of the cartoonists 
who is reported to have an income greater than the President. 


Printed by Courtesy of 
International Feature Service 



Printed by Courtesy of 
King Feature Service, Inc. 


T. A. DORGAN (“TAD”) 

IT is rather difficult for the vast army of fans who conscien- 
tiously follow every sporting cartoon drawn by “Tad” to real¬ 
ize that at one time this “Greatest Sporting Cartoonist of Them 
All” was a cash boy in a department store in San Francisco. Yet 
that is where he started. Later he advanced to a position as 
combination errand boy and Fashion Artist on the San Francisco 
Bulletin. Today his cartoons are reproduced in over 300 papers 
throughout the country, and he is considered as an authority in 
the world of sport. Tad originally drew with his right hand. He 
lost this and learned to draw with his left. 

Printed by Courtesy of 
International Feature Service 

“CLIFF” BERRYMAN 

HE Literary Digest picked “Cliff” Berryman 
of the Washington Star as one of those “Car¬ 
toonists who helped win the war.” It wasn’t so 
very many years ago that “Cliff” first came to 
Washington from the Blue Grass country as a 
protege of Senator Blackburn of Kentucky. As 
a small boy he had caught the attention of the 
Senator by an effigy of him carved on a cigar box 
which was accidentally seen by the subject him¬ 
self. Senator Blackburn became interested in 
the creator and secured a position for the young 
artist in the drafting division of the U. S. Patent office. Today “Cliff” Berryman s 
name occupies a position pretty well up towards the front in the “'Who’s Who” list. 

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“CLIFF” STERRETT 


W HILE barely out of his 
teens, “Cliff” came from 
Minnesota to New York, 
country bred and filled with 
ambition to become an artist. 
He landed on the art staff of 
the New York Herald where 
he spent two years drawing 
pictures of fires, accidents, 
Printed by Courtesy of suicides, murders, weddings, 
International Feature Service noted people - all the things 

which are the lot of a newspaper assignment art¬ 
ist. He began to dip into the comic cartoon field, 
first trying “When A Man Is Married,” “Before 
And After” and others. When his “Polly and Her 
Pals” appeared he leaped into prominence and has 
held that position to date. 




‘VIC’ 



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to note just how many of 


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our famous cartoonists the 
Golden State has produced. 

Victor C. Forsythe (“Vic”) 
is one more favored son of 
California having been born 
near Los Angeles. “Vic” 
started his active art work 
while still in Harvard Mili¬ 
tary School in Los Angeles. His funds being 
low, he would have been forced to leave school 
had he not discovered that his drawing pencil 
could bring him enough money on the side to put 
him through. When he did leave military school, 
his first full time job was with the Los Angeles 
Examiner. Shortly after this he came to New 
York where he first worked on the Evening Journal and then with the Evening 
World, where his cartoons are appearing now. “Vic’s” first comic strip was “Flooey 
the Fan,” a baseball series. He later created “Axel” the Swede “White Hope.” 
Today his “Joe’s Car” is acknowledged as one of the most popular of all the famous 
comic strips. “Vic” tells us that most of his ideas for this series come from his own 
experiences and his friends’ troubles with their cars. 



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Why Cartoonists are in Constant Demand 


DEOPLE can see cartoons who 
cannot or have not the time to 
read. They are in a language which 
anyone at all can understand. In a 
flash they can drive home the most 
important and most complicated mes¬ 
sages. For this reason a single car¬ 
toon or comic drawing can have more 
influence and can bring more real en¬ 
joyment than a dozen sermons, 
speeches or stories. 

Even the most conservative publi¬ 
cations now appreciate the new im¬ 
portant position of the cartoon. That 
is why today cartoons are found on 
the editorial and sporting pages of 
papers that never before had them, and that is why we find more and more 
being devoted to the comic sections of thousands of papers. 

Thousands of High-Salaried Positions 

Call For Trained Cartoonists 



\TEVER before has there been such a 
^ ^ great demand for cartoons of every 
sort. From every section of the country 
comes the demand for men capable of 
producing them—not only from News¬ 
papers, but from Weeklies, Magazines, 
Manufacturers, Advertisers, Moving Pic¬ 
ture Corporations, and countless other 
sources. There are over 50,000 publica¬ 
tions in this country alone and almost all 
of these are using cartoons in some form 
or other. 

But enough trained cartoonists cannot 
be found to handle this tremendous de¬ 
mand for cartoons. The amazing in¬ 
creased demand for this kind of art is 
but a recent development—in fact it has 
occurred almost overnight. So sudden 
has it been that it has found the supply 
of competent cartoonists conspicuously 
lacking. Who could have foretold the 
sensational growth of cartooning? Few 


did, so few prepared themselves for this 
monster-salary profession. The result is 
that today scores of positions that would 
pay splendid salaries go begging for 
want of trained men to handle them. 

Every indication points to even greater 
demand for cartoons in the future. There 
is a growing use of cartoons in high- 
class magazines. Advertisers use them. 
They are playing an important part in 
education. Already we can read a “Car¬ 
toon History of the War”; the lives of 
great statesmen are recorded by car¬ 
toons; political campaigns are traced in 
cartoons. Cartooning is being adopted 
to the screen. In animated cartoons 
alone is a big future for the cartoonist. 
Each year broadens its scope and in¬ 
creases the opportunities for those who 
are in it. Who can prophesy what the 
limit will be in this fast-growing high- 
salary field? 


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How you Can Become a Good Cartoonist 

Even if j )ou do not show a marked ability in Cartooning now, it does not mean 
that you cannot become a success in this Wonderful profession. 


'"'THOUSANDS who are right now 
working at routine uninteresting jobs 
really have great latent ability for car¬ 
tooning without realizing it. Thousands 
of people who enjoy looking at cartoons 
and have an honest liking for drawing 
could make successes in this fascinating 
field if they only had a chance. But 
many of these people still 
believe in the old theory 
that Cartoonists are 
“born,” that they must 
have some fanciful “gift” 
which marks them from 
childhood for this pro¬ 
fession. They are dis¬ 
couraged by their first ( 
attempts at cartooning. 

They do not realize that 
many of our biggest car¬ 
toonists met with the 
same discouragements 
before they made their 
mark. 

Briggs says that as a 
boy he does not remember that he drew 
more or had any more thought of going 
into art than the average boy. He had 
no clearcut idea just what he would go 
into, and drifted into cartooning more be¬ 
cause it was the path of least resistance 
than because of any careful choice. His 
first job in St. Louis paid him only a 
small salary. He did not show any 
marked signs of greatness until he went 
to Chicago and began to draw “Days of 
Real Sport.” 

Rube Goldberg had actually worked 
in a mine as a mining engineer before he 
started in as a cartoonist. Even when 
he came East to New York, he tells us, 


“I recall with a feeling of pride that I 
was shown out of seven newspaper of¬ 
fices before I landed a job on the Mail.” 

“Tad’s” first job only paid him a small 
salary and even at that he says that he 
was fired after a short while. Fontaine 
Fox was scheduled to be a journalist, 
Gene Byrnes was a salesman before he 
went into cartooning. 

These few examples il¬ 
lustrate the fact that 
even our top-notch car¬ 
toonists were not always 
famous and did not show 
astonishing ability when 
they started. In those 
days there were fio 
schools especially de¬ 
signed and equipped to 
teach cartooning. Most 
of these men, without 
special education or 
training, had to plug out 
their own methods and 
learn the little 'secrets of 
cartooning in the hard school of expe¬ 
rience. How much faster would their 
progress have been if they could have 
had the benefit of the instruction of such 
a successful school as the Washington 
School of Cartooning—a method which 
places at the students fingertips the se¬ 
crets of cartooning that took years of ex¬ 
perience of great cartoonists to discover. 

No Unusual “Talent” Needed 

YVVITH the Washington School of 
Cartooning method, no unusual 
“Talent” or education is necessary. It is 
not even necessary for you to have ever 
tried cartooning before. If you have 



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had experience in this field, it will help 
you to complete the training more quick¬ 
ly. But this method starts at the very 
beginning and takes you through the 
complete course covering every phase 
of cartooning. You learn to draw at 


home in your spare moments—hot ama¬ 
teurish cartoons but the cartoons which 
are in big demand, cartoons that can 
bring you big money and can help to 
make a name for you too. 


No Matter What You Are Now Doing 

AY/HY shouldn’t you cash in on the ever-increasing popularity of cartoons? Re- 
’’ gardless of what you are doing now you can easily prepare yourself for this 
fascinating field. Remember that many of our highest-paid cartoonists never had 
even a grammar school education. They came from every line of work. Yet today 
they occupy enviable positions of prominence and earn more now for a few minutes 
work than they formerly earned in a month. 

From the Farm — 

There is always a big demand for cartoonists 
familiar with the country to draw cartoons in 
farm journals, country weeklies and agricultural 
publications. On city papers and magazines too, 
cartoons portraying country scenes are likewise 
always in high favor. 

From the Office — 

Ambitious men, realizing the limitations of the 
average uninteresting office job, are finding in 
the fast-growing field of cartooning a career 
which they believe is ideally suited to them—a 
high-paying profession free from the drudgery 


From the School — 

Students in schools and colleges are now real¬ 
izing the advantages of studying cartooning on 
the side. Cartoons in school publications win 
them popularity, while work sold outside brings 
them welcome money and paves the way for 
great success when they finish school. 

From the Factory — 

Men dissatisfied with the long hours and hard 
work in shops are finding in cartooning a field 
with unlimited opportunities. They enjoy the 
freedom of the cartoonist life, his congenial 
working surroundings, and the dignity and pres¬ 
tige of his high-salaried position. 



and routine of their old jobs. 





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Release the “Talent” In Your Pencil 


TV/HERE in the whole world 
** can you find another field 
which pays such splendid salaries 
for such pleasant work? Where 
can you find a profession so full 
of promise which you can enter 
so easily? Just think how long 
it takes to qualify for any trade, 
or to become a teacher, lawyer, 
etc. Yet it is estimated that the 
average weekly salary of these 
men is less than $35—an amount 
which one good cartoon can 
easily bring. 

Never before have the oppor¬ 
tunities in cartooning been so 
many so varied so remunerative 
as today. In every branch of car¬ 
tooning properly trained men are 
eagerly sought. The competent 
cartoonist does not have to hunt 
for a position today. High-sala¬ 
ried positions are everywhere 
seeking him. 

Here indeed is a field full of 
promise for you—a new uncrowd¬ 
ed fast-growing field in which 
you can find unlimited opportu¬ 
nity for “making good.” Here is 


a profession which you can put 
your heart into, where work is as 
pleasant as a fascinating game, 
yet brings you more money than 
you ever dreamed possible. 

No matter what your past ex¬ 
perience has been, no matter how 
much education you have had, 
you can now enter this wonderful 
field of cartooning. If you like to 
draw, if you are interested in hu¬ 
man nature, if you have an hon¬ 
est determination to become a 
cartoonist, regardless of your 
present ability you will quickly 
learn to produce good cartoons 
with the help of the wonderful 
method of teaching used by the 
Washington School of Cartoon¬ 
ing. 

You can enjoy the thrill of cre¬ 
ation, the pleasure of seeing your 
own ideas and work in print. You 
will be surprised at your own 
newly discovered “talent,” and 
how easy it really is to work up 
cartoon ideas which make such a 
big hit. Almost before you real¬ 
ize it, you will be drawing car¬ 
toons that sell! 


You Can Quickly Learn How 

to Originate 


T F you plan on becoming a car- 
1 toonist, you will want to be a 
good cartoonist. It is quite ap¬ 
parent then that you must be able 
to work absolutely independently 
—you must not only draw your 
cartoons but must think up your 
ideas. The Washington School 
of Cartooning appreciates the 


value of originality in developing 
cartoonists. In our course, we 
therefore put special stress on 
this important point. 

Our lessons are full of life. They 
are interesting and fascinating. 
We do not send you a mass of 


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cartoons to be copied. We teach you to 
make your own pictures. We suggest 
ways in which you can find cartoon- 
ideas from the simplest everyday inci¬ 
dents of your life, from newspaper no¬ 
tices, from domestic events, from holi¬ 
days and countless other sources. You 
are taught to recognize cartoon possi¬ 
bilities in almost every conceivable 
thing about you. 

Look over any cartoon drawn by a 
prominent cartoonist. Analize it care¬ 
fully. You will be surprised at how sim¬ 
ple the whole cartoon is. The idea upon 
which it is based is usually quite simple. 
The actual drawing of it is hardly a dif¬ 


ficult work of art. Cartooning power 
rests in the knack of choosing the proper 
simple ideas, and working them up in a 
way which will best get the idea over. 

Under our method you quickly acquire 
this knack of thinking up striking car¬ 
toon ideas and of drawing them so that 
they will “Ring the Bell.” You learn the 
tricks which famous cartoonists use in 
preparing their work—the little secrets 
which make their work so easy for them. 
With this help you will be amazed at 
your progress. Soon you will be produc¬ 
ing cartoons which you never thought 
could come from your pencil. 


New Easy Way Makes Cartooning 
Simple to Learn 


'T'HE study of car- 
1 tooning is entirely 
different from the study 
of medicine, business 
or any other subject. 

Cartooning is strictly 
individual. You your¬ 
self must conceive the idea for your car¬ 
toon. It is you alone who determines 
the manner of expressing that idea in a 
cartoon, and the*actual mechanical exe¬ 
cution will be characteristic of your own 
peculiar style. Class work or group 
study under these conditions is practi¬ 
cally impossible. 

That is why learning cartooning adapts 
itself so ideally to the Washington 
School of Cartooning home-study 
method. If you join a cartooning class, 
one overworked instructor must super¬ 
vise at least several students. Absolute 
quietness so necessary when you are 
learning to originate ideas, would be 
practically impossible. The instructor 

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bannot give you his un¬ 
divided attention. Pos¬ 
sibly just at the time 
when you want him to 
look over your work, 
he may be busy with 
some other student. 
You might not care to interrupt to ask 
a question upon which the understand¬ 
ing of an important principle might de¬ 
pend. The result is that often young 
cartoonists finish their training without 
ever having learned the fundamental 
points vital to the understanding of Car¬ 
tooning. 

Under the Washington School of Car¬ 
tooning Method, you learn in the com¬ 
fort and quietness of your own home. 
Your instructions are always before you. 
You can always refer back to some for¬ 
gotten point. Everything is written so 
that you can follow instructions with the 
least possible effort. So simple is the 
instruction that school boys have act- 


Our Wonderful new method of teaching 
cartooning enables you to master this 
fascinating profession in the comfort and 
quietness of your on>n home. You need 
not even give up your present work while 
studying—just a few hours each Week of 
your spare time is enough. 



ually followed the instructions without 
help from anyone. 

Your work when completed is sent by 
mail to us. Under our individual in¬ 
struction method, which is explained in 
detail a few pages on, each drawing re¬ 
ceives the undivided attention of an ex¬ 


pert. Every question which occurs to 
you no matter how trivial, is carefully 
answered. Every point that you do not 
understand must be cleared up before 
you go on. We insist on you under¬ 
standing every point in the course be¬ 
fore you complete it. 


Actual Pleasure Learning at Home 

T HE study of cartooning with this method is not 
drudgery—you enjoy it! It is just like a fascinat¬ 
ing game. One minute you think up some funny idea, 
or some serious point and soon you see it living before 
you. We let you think up your own cartoons with the 
help of our instructions and suggestions. There in 
your improvised home-studio you can use all your in¬ 
teresting acquaintances, the people you see every day, 
the scenes of your own life and embody them in car¬ 
toons. There you can .find an artistic expression for 
your own moods, your own opinions and your own 
thoughts. As you progress with your work, it will be 
interesting to look back over your first attempts and 
compare them with th*e finished work which you then 
oroduce so easily. Each succeeding week’s work will 
tell its own story of rapid advancement and the ap¬ 
proach to real salable work. 





BY WILL H. CHANDLEE 


World Famous Artist is Your Instructor 


T HE effectiveness of any training in 
Cartooning depends to a large ex¬ 
tent upon the author of the course. If it 
is written by a theorist, it will probably 
be a failure because it does not prepare 
you directly for practical cartooning. On 
the other hand a course may be writ¬ 
ten by a great cartoonist and still be a 
failure, because he has not that knack of 
being able to impart to others what he 
knows himself—that intangible ability 
that marks the successful teacher. 

In Will H. Chandlee, the principal au¬ 
thor of the Washington School, of Car¬ 
tooning course, you have the happy com¬ 
bination of a great Artist-Teacher. Mr. 


Chandlee has himself had years and 
years of successful experience in every 
branch of cartooning. He knows practi¬ 
cal cartooning first-hand. He under¬ 
stands what kind of material the publish¬ 
ers want and will pay the most money 
for. He understands the little “ins” and 
“outs” of marketing work and of secur¬ 
ing positions as cartoonists. He per¬ 
sonally has been instrumental in secur¬ 
ing positions for many yftung cartoon¬ 
ists, and numbers among his personal ac¬ 
quaintances a vast number of prominent 
publishers and syndicate heads. 

Mr. Chandlee’s experience as an art 
teacher is equally practical. The car- 


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toonists- he has trained are on leading pa¬ 
pers in every section of the country. His 
pupils draw for many of the biggest and 
most noted magazines. The very work 
you now admire may be that of some of 
his many successful students. 

As a result of this experience Mr. 
Chandlee is in a position to know just 
what parts of cartooning the beginner 
finds difficult:—the little confusing points 
which usually act as a stumbling block 
to the student-cartoonist. He knows too 
the best way to present principles and 
practice so that the student can most 


easily and surely master every point. 
In the Washington School of Cartoon¬ 
ing, this great Cartoonist-Teacher has 
incorporated the result of his years of di¬ 
versified training and experience. The 
method which he has developed is orig¬ 
inal and right to the point. It is a method 
which most easily gets over to the stu¬ 
dent the important principles of cartoon¬ 
ing and most quickly develops practical 
skill. It is a system which has proven 
• its effectiveness in hundreds of cases al¬ 
ready and will enable you also to quickly 
master this fascinating study. 


Will H. Chandlee—and His Experience 

O UR director, Mr. Will H. Chandlee, has made art a life study. He began the 
study of drawing in 1877 at the age of twelve years, and launched on his. pro¬ 
fessional career in 1883 when he was commissioned to make a series of drawings for 

the government. In 1884 he 
made drawings for the N. Y. 
Graphic, the first illustrated 
daily newspaper in this country. 
In 1885 he was appointed chief 
illustrator of the U. S. National 
Museum and the Smithsonian 
Institution. He left this posi¬ 
tion in 1892 to become the Art 
Director of the Washington 
Star. Since then he has made 
over forty thousand sketches not 
only for the Star but for such 
papers as the New York World, 
New York Herald, London 
Times, Philadelphia North 
American, Boston Globe, St. 
Louis Globe Democrat, the 
Brooklyn Eagle and for such 
magazines as Harpers, Pear¬ 
sons, Illustrated American, etc. 
Mr. Chandlee is in addition now 
recognized as one of the fore¬ 
most educators of the country. 







Our Method—Just As If This Famo 


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T HE sketch above illustrates how a 
student’s work is corrected. The 


cartoon in faint lines is the original. 
The corrected work is drawn in red 
lines RIGHT OVER THE ORIGINAL. 
Note how clearly every flaw in the stu¬ 
dent’s work can be brought out by this 
method. Just imagine how great an 
improvement your work would show 
after just one of these corrections. 
Then think of the rapid progress when 
each of your lessons is handled in the 
same way. 







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as Artist Stood Over Your Shoulder 


J UST suppose someone told you a great 
cartoonist had agreed to co.me regu¬ 
larly to your home, and to give his undi¬ 
vided attention training you to become a 
cartoonist. What would you think? 
Wouldnt’ you believe that you were in¬ 
deed most fortunate to be able to receive 
such attention. Wouldn’t you feel pretty 
confident that within a short time your 
work would be appearing before the pub¬ 
lic. 

Yet our wonderful method amounts 
practically to that. Your lessons, sent 
regularly to you by mail, have been pre¬ 
pared by a famous cartoonist who has 
had experience in every branch of car¬ 
tooning. In these lessons he has embod¬ 
ied his own experience and the priceless 
experience of other famous cartoonists. 
With each lesson there are charts and 


plates which make every point of instruc¬ 
tion the last word in clearness. It is in 
fact just as if this famous artist himself 
stood over you guiding your hand, sug¬ 
gesting ideas to your mind. 

When you have completed your lesson, 
the help we give you has only been 
started. For your finished work, mailed 
to us, receives the careful attention of a 
great cartoonist who goes over your en¬ 
tire drawing, picking out little flaws in 
technique, mistakes in the idea itself— 
all the small errors which keep it from 
being a high-class cartoon. It is again 
just as if this cartoonist himself stood at 
your elbow with his blue pencil tracing 
over your work, criticizing, offering con¬ 
structive suggestions, giving you the 
wonderful help which the young cartoon¬ 
ist needs. 


Learn at Home Thoroughly in Half Usual Time 


L OOK carefully at the corrected car¬ 
toon printed on the opposite page. 
You will be instantly impressed by how 
much you can learn from one single cor¬ 
rected lesson. Just think how much ex¬ 
plaining would be necessary to cover all 
the points by any other method. Here, 
at one glance you realize your errors and 
can see what is the correct way. Not 
only that, but a mistake corrected in this 
way impresses you deeply. You cannot 
forget it again, so it is doubly effective. 

The ease with which you learn by this- 
method will astound you. You are hardly 
conscious of any “grind.” Each lesson 
is as enjoyable as a favorite game. You 
look forward to every new lesson. And 
after it is completed you are overjoyed 
at the improvement which it shows over 
your previous work. 


You will be amazed at your rapid pro¬ 
gress under this system. Even if you 
have already had experience in cartoon¬ 
ing or other branches of art, your im¬ 
provement with the help of this method 
will be a pleasant surprise for you. But 
if you start in with no knowledge of art 
at all, your progress will be most 
marked. Starting with the poorest at¬ 
tempts at a cartoon, you will quickly 
learn to draw the kind of work which is 
characteristic of the expert cartoonist. 

Although your advancement is aston¬ 
ishingly rapid, do not think it is not thor¬ 
ough. Your training is in no way a 
“shortcut.” Our lessons cover the entire 
field. We start you at the simple funda¬ 
mentals. You learn the elementary prin¬ 
ciples and then progress by easy stages , 
until you thoroughly understand the 
whole subject. 


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Covers Every Phase of Cartooning, 
Comic Art and Caricature 

NT EVER before have the opportunities 
^ Mn Cartooning been so varied. Never 
has its scope been so broad. On the se¬ 
rious side of cartooning we have politi¬ 
cal, seasonal, holiday, war, religious and 
countless other types of cartoons. Cari¬ 
cature—the drawing of anoyne with his 
predominant characteristics exaggerated 
—offers a splendid field in itself. In the 
comic cartoon there is no limit to the 
classification. Comic strips for newspa¬ 
pers alone present an almost limitless 
field for the cartoonist. Animated cartoons—a series of cartoons photographed and 
adapted to the movie screen—is a new branch of cartooning which shows promise 
of playing an important part in every movie program. There is right now a crying 
demand for cartoonists to handle this work. And these by no means drain the won¬ 
derful opportunities which are open to anyone who is a trained cartoonist. 

Our Course All-Inclusive 

HTHE course of training of the 
^ Washington School of Car¬ 
tooning is as complete and up-to- 
date as human power can make 
possible. It covers every branch 
of cartooning with a thoroughness 
which makes it impossible to finish 
without understanding every vital 
principle. It takes you right from 
the very groundwork of cartooning up to the accomplished reality. Here is a bare 
outline of the course which will give you a faint idea of its completeness. 

Hand training, Eye training, Memory training, Pen draw¬ 
ing, Lead pencil drawing, Litho-pencil drawing, Brush draw¬ 
ing* Quick sketching, Animal Drawing, Drawing of the hu¬ 
man figure, Cartooning, How to get ideas, Comic drawing, 
Action, Caricature, Exaggeration, Likeness and Expression, 
Quick methods for enlarging, Proportion, Drapery drawing, 
Drawing of trees, rocks, clouds, grass, water, etc., Perspec¬ 
tive, Composition and Arrangement. The duties of a car¬ 
toonist and how he does his work. How drawings are en¬ 
graved and printed. Hints and helps for daily practice and 
study. Chalk talks. 

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SOON WILL BE A GLORIOUS TIME 










5 Easy Steps—and 
Then You Become a Cartoonist 


H AVE you ever watched a cartoonist draw? 

A short line here. Another there. A few 
simple curves. A splash of shading. And 
there you have a finished masterpiece—a car¬ 
toon that will either make you laugh or think 
seriously, an interesting sketch which tells a 
complete story at a glance. It looked so easy, 
and it was easy for him because he knew how. 
He knew which lines to use and how to com¬ 
bine them. He understood all the secrets of 
exaggeration, the little essential tricks about 
action, the vital principles of perspective, pro¬ 
portion and the countless other points which 
go to make up a cartoonist’s vast treasury of 
knowledge—the very information which you 
learn when you take up cartooning with the 
Washington School of Cartooning. 


|_You start with straight lines 

and curves 

2 _Then you learn how to put 

them together 

3 — Now you are drawing simple 
cartoons 


Action, exaggeration, expres¬ 
sion, perspective, arrange¬ 
ment and all the rest follow 
in their natural order. 


5 — 


Until almost before you real¬ 
ize it you are drawing the 
cartoons which are in such 
big demand and for which 
such big money is paid. 


We Teach You To Draw Pictures That Sell 


M ILLIONS and millions of dollars 
are spent each year for all kinds of 
cartoons. Cartoonists, “freelancing” 
(working independently) in their own 
homes or working for a newspaper, mag¬ 
azine, advertising agency, movie cor¬ 
poration, cartoon syndicate or under any 
other head, make almost unbelievable 
salaries. Splendid fees are paid even for 
individual cartoons. No matter how the 
cartoonist markets his work, he finds a 
wonderful opportunity to make big 
money. 

The Washington School of Cartoon¬ 
ing training fits ideally into this big 
money situation. In training students to 
become cartoonists, we have one very 
definite aim—to teach them to draw car¬ 


toons that have a money value. Our 
whole working organization is selected 
with tha,t one idea in mind. The lessons 
themselves have been written by a world 
famous artist who is a great success as a 
practical cartoonist. Your work receives 
the individual attention of a practical ex¬ 
pert—one who is in close touch with the 
pulse of the cartooning market and 
knows just what kind of work sells most 
easily and brings the most money. And 
when you have finished your training 
you have the benefit of our practical Em¬ 
ployment and Consultation Bureau which 
helps you when you are actually in the 
field itself. 

Do not think, however, that in the in¬ 
terest of practical cartooning, the neces- 


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sary theory of artistic background is 
sacrificed. Special efforts have been 
given to balance the training so that it 
will be at the same time practical and 
yet broad enough. With such a practical 


balanced course, within a surprisingly 
short time you will find that you have 
become proficient and that your work is 
of such a quality that it can bring you 
the welcome financial reward. 


How Students Earn While They Learn 

DUT students of our method do not have to wait until they are through with the 
course before making it pay. A large percentage sell some of their work before 
completing the course—in fact we encourage this policy. Many have paid for their 
course many times over even before they have finished it. Here are a few extracts 

from letters from our students which illustrate 
how they earn while they learn. 

In Two Weeks Earned More Than 
Entire Cost of Course 

Dear Mr. Chandlee: 

I have been busy during the summer vacation. 
In two weeks I earned more than I paid for the 
entire course. I am now only seventeen and am 
having all the art work I can do in my spare time 
after school hours. I am more than pleased with 
the training I received and am certain that any¬ 
one whether he has talent or not cannot fail to 
make rapid progress under your instruction. 

Otho Bazil Blake, 

Old Town, Maine. 


O':- 



PROHIBITION IT5 TH£ 
HEAT 


COULDN’T BEGIN TO TELL HOW PLEASED 

Dear Mr. Chandlee: 

I am sending you with this letter my last lesson of the course. I have drawn 
several cartoons for a. local paper and am receiving orders for illustrations. I couldn’t 
begin to tell you how pleased I have been with your method of correction. I cer¬ 
tainly have had a good teacher and have learned much. 

Rupert Bernard Hartman, 

So. Glenn Falls, N. Y. 


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CLERGYMAN SAYS BEST INVESTMENT EVER MADE 

Dear Sirs: 

I enclose herewith my 27th lesson in your Art Course. I want to say that the 
money I have invested with you I consider the best investment I ever made. Being 
a minister I conduct a mid-week prayer meeting, and your course has helped me in 
preparing chalk talks for these occasions. I have originated dozens of chalk talks. 
I am thinking seriously of having them put into book form for the public. Also I 
have sent in drawings to our church weekly. All of them were accepted and pub¬ 
lished. This weekly gets before 350,000 people weekly. The last one I sent in they 
wrote and told me they were going to put it on the cover page. I aim to be a relig¬ 
ious cartoonist in connection with my pastoral work. 

Paul E. Holdcraft, 

Keedysville, Md. 


Earned As High As 
$25 a Week 

Dear Mr. Chandlee: 

I really enjoy your 
course and will try to 
keep regular lessons com¬ 
ing now. I have earned 
from $25 a month to $25 a 
week the last few months. 
Adolph Heikkila, 
Red Lodge, Montana. 


Pleased With Prog ress 

Dear Sir: 

I am pleased with my 
progress in your school. I 
have sold drawings at a 
fair price and have more 
to draw now than I can 
get time for. 

Harry Hinninger, 
Greensburg, Pa. 


Made Quite a Bit 

Dear Sir: 

I am only on my twelfth 
lesson now but I have al¬ 
ready done several jobs. 
I am kept busy now filling 
out orders. You may be 
sure I will succeed as I 
have quite a bit already. 

John Unruh, 
Buhler, Kansas. 


Makes Big Money 

Dear Mr. Chandlee: 

I haven’t been able to send in any les¬ 
sons for the past two weeks for I have 
landed a job cartooning. I’m drawing a 
comic strip every night and I’m making 
big money too. It also does me a lot of 
good to see my drawing reproduced. I’ve 
landed quite a few jobs around town too, 
since people have found out what I can 
do. I made some letterheads and also 
some titles for stories in the newspapers. 

Am sending you some of my cartoons, 
so you can see what kind of work I am 
putting out. I realize that your course is 
THE COURSE. 

T. W. Pritchard. 



UNEMPLOYMENT 


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Just a Few of The Successful 

Students of This Method 


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Frank Godwin_New York City and 

Philadelphia, Pa. 

North Stuart_Philadelphia, Pa. 


J. Baldwin Burweli-Staunton, Va. 

Herbert J. Murray_Washington, D. C. 

N. E. Confer_Johnstown, Pa. 

Walter A. Braunn_Philadelphia, Pa. 


Falstaff Harris-Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Kathryne Harper-Tallahassee, Fla. 

I. Wayne Hughes_Washington, N. C. 

Miss Edith Wyer-Auburn, N. Y. 

Jake Moranz_Youngstown, Ohio 

Axel Enroth_New York, N. Y. 

Miss E. B. Dagobert-Nevada City, Calif. 

J. Bujol_Orange, Texas. 


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M. G. Major___ 

.Washington, D. C. 

Anton j iriK_.-,.-***. 

S. Lian Dunne—Yorkton, Sask. Canada. 

H. C. Burge __ . 

. _ Jackson, Miss. 

G. Milne, Jr- _ 

Bethlehem, Pa. 

Granville M. Read_ 

_New York, N. Y. 

Geo. Schoonover _ 

Lyons, N. Y. 

Miss Eloise Vialiant- 

-New York, N. Y. 

A. W. Brenizer- 

Hamilton, Ohio. 

Miss Marcella Smith 

Norfolk, Va. 

A B Fleming 

Newark, N. J. 

Hudson Dougherty— 

_New York, N. Y. 

T. W. Pritchard 

Charlotte, N. C. 

B C, Gilman 

Summitville, Ind. 

F T Pollard 

Richmond, Va. 

Fe^man Martin __ _ 

Memphis, Texas. 

Ha rr y Dilno 

Kalamazoo, Mich. 

R, S, Maynard .... 

Ottawa, Canada 

James Smith- 

Marcus Hook, Pa. 

John M. Goodrich __ 

__Baltimore, Md. 

Joy Kimes Benton. 

Burlington, N. C. 

J. A. Bywater_ _Salt Lake City, Utah 

Ralph Pekor_ 

__ -Columbus, Ga. 

Miss Louise Rochon. 

_New York, N. Y. 

Franklin Beda_ _ 

_Cleveland, Ohio. 

Wynn Holcomb 

_New York, N. Y. 

Greenly D. Jones_ 

_ Mount Airy, N. C. 


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What a Now-Famous Graduate of 

Mr. Chandlee’s Method Says: 


Cote—The letter printed here is a cop 
of a letter which “/£e Huges ” sent to a 
prospective student , who mote to him re¬ 
questing information about our method. 


Dear Miss-: 

The best I can say for this school is 
that I thought I could draw some eight 
years ago, and on this assumption pro¬ 
ceeded to Washington, D. C., to set the 
world afire. Art editors and others re¬ 
fused to become markedly enthusiastic 
about what I could do, so I eventually 
drifted around to the Washington School 
to see what was the matter. The mat¬ 
ter was that I could not draw. I can 
now. Without the instruction of Mr. 
Chandlee it is my belief that I still would 
be unable to produce salable work. Have 
been employed by the Raliegh, N. C., 
News and Observer during the sessions 
of the N. C. Legislature for the past four 
years, which is the only period during 
which they can offer me enough money. 
The rest of the time I free lance. If 
you want conscientious instruction from 
a man who knows commercial drawing 
and who takes a real personal interest in 
one who WANTS to draw and shows it 
by their work, my experience justifies 
me in saying that Mr. Chandlee will teach 
you to draw whether you have any great 
natural ability or not. 

Have not seen all of the correspond¬ 
ence courses, but of those I have seen, 
W. S. C. is the most complete for one 
tackling the game from the commercial 
angle. 

Yours very truly, 

(Signed) “Ike Hughes.” 


Note: The following extract from the 
Raleigh News and Observer will tell you 
about the work of this great cartoonist. 

AN EXCLUSIVE FEATURE 
In announcing the addition of Cartoonist 
Hughes to its staff for the session of the Legis¬ 
lature, the News and Observer feels that it has 
secured a distinctive attraction for the reading 
public. The cartoons of Ike Hughes are already 
favorably known to readers of this paper, most of 
whom recall his clever work during the 1917 ses¬ 
sion of the General Assembly. When the state 
Naval Militia was drafted into Federal service 
soon after the declaration of war, Mr. Hughes 
went in line of service of the navy and has just 
been released from duty and assigned to the re¬ 
serves. 

His cartoons will appear exclusively in the News 
and Observer. In addition to pen pictures of the 
problems and workings of both houses of the Gen¬ 
eral Assembly, he will do thumb-nail sketches of 
different members from time to time. The News 
and Observer congratulates itself on having se¬ 
cured the services of Mr. Hughes and commends 
his work to its friends. His first cartoon will ap¬ 
pear tomorrow. 

NOT GOING SMOOTHLY YET 





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Can You Draw As Well As This? 



YV/HEN you look at the drawing reproduced at the 
” right, you would hardly suppose that it is the 
work of a famous artist. Yet it was in fact drawn by a 
man who is recognized today as one of the most accom¬ 
plished artists in this country—Frank Godwin. This il- 
lustration is but one 
more evidence of the 
fact that no matter how 
poorly the student may 
draw, the proper in¬ 
struction and training 
can bring out all the la¬ 
tent talent which he 
possesses, and can de¬ 
velop for him skill 
which in many cases is 
truly startling even to 
the student himself. 


•‘Drawn by Frank Godwin {Before Beginning Studies 


WHAT FRANK GODWIN DOES TODAY 

Dear Mr. Chandlee: 

I shall never cease to be grateful for the foundation which you and your school 
gave me, for I feel that my present success is due in a large measure to your won- 
^ derful method of instruction. Frank Godwin. 



The above letter speaks for itself. Frank 
Godwin now has studios in both Philadel¬ 
phia and New York. He ranks far up to¬ 
wards the top of the list of commercial art¬ 
ists. He draws covers for Ladies Home 
Journal, illustrates for many of the other 
leading magazines, has drawn special 
sketches for the New York World and other 
papers. Like so many other famous artists, 
Frank Godwin has also entered the field of 
advertising. Some of his prominent work 
in this field being illustrations for the ad¬ 
vertising of a well-known hosiery. 

The services and friendship of this great 
artist is sought no matter where he goes. 
His work is known and recognized both in¬ 
side the profession and by the critical pub¬ 
lic. To compare this work today with his 
first attempts should be the source of un¬ 
told encouragement to the beginner. 










What This Famous Cartoonist Says 


There are indeed few in 
our National Capitol who 
are worth knowing who 
do not know “Cliff” Ber¬ 
ryman of the Washington 
Evening Star. This fam¬ 
ous cartoonist is probably 
intimately acquainted with 
more prominent public 
men than any other car¬ 
toonist in the country. 
The walls of his work 
room are filled with auto¬ 
graphed photographs of 
Presidents, Diplomats and 
leading Statesmen. 

“Cliff” was the origina¬ 
tor of the famous Roose¬ 
velt “Teddy” and because 
of that was a close friend 
of President Roosevelt up 
to the time of his death. 
He also was a frequent 
guest of President Wilson 
and is in close contact 
with our present Presi¬ 
dent. 

This great cartoonist is 
thoroughly familiar with 
our school and its method 
of instruction. His hearty 
recommendation of the 
Washington School of 
Cartooning to 
many of his 
friends who ex¬ 
pect to become 
cartoonist gives 



MR. BERRYMAN 


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RESULTS ARE THE BEST 


READ WHAT THESE 


A cartooning school may have an A- / course, and its method of instructing might be per¬ 
fect, but in the last analysis, the real acid test is found in the results it produces and in the 
satisfaction which the students themselves find with it. Men and Women trained under this 
method of instruction are to be found in every section of the country. Here are a few 
short extracts of letters which give you a small idea of the enthusiastic endorsement which 
students give to Will H. Chandlee and his method. 


Completed Course at 14 

When I completed your course I was 
but fourtten years old. I am now only 
sixteen and therefore have not finished 
High School yet. My opinion of your 
course is that it is very practical in 
technique and orginality. Your sincere 
and careful attention to the individual 
pupils make this course one of the best 
that can be secured. 

H. Theodore Hallman., 
Souderton, Pa. 


Pleased to Recommend 

I can highly recommend the Washing¬ 
ton School to those desiring careful and 
personal instruction. I think there is 
none better. I extend my sincere thanks 
to my instructor, Will H. Chandlee and 
feel that I cannot speak too highly of 
your method. Will be pleased to rec¬ 
ommend your course at every opportu¬ 
nity. Wishing your school continued 
success. Greely D. Jones, 

Mt. Airy, N. C. 


Instruction Clear and Easily Understood 

I am working for the Woman’s Review Magazine. I have been making cartoons 
for them. I want to thank you many times Mr. Chandlee for the personal interest 
you took in me while I was receiving instruction from your school. Your instruc¬ 
tion is so clear and easily understood that anyone could not help but learn cartoon¬ 
ing. I want to thank you again for referring me to this magazine. 


Attention and Courtesy 

One could not ask for 
more attention and court¬ 
esy in every detail than I 
received and I sincerely 
hope that your school will 
keep up its good work and 
growth. I take every op¬ 
portunity to recommend 
your course to my friends. 

William Ingraham, 
Albany, N. Y. 


Ferman Martin, 



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RECOMMENDATIONS— 

STUDENTS SAY— 


Sells First Efforts 

I have just sold to the McClure Newspa¬ 
per Syndicate of New York the first install¬ 
ment of twenty drawings on a comic series. 
This is my first venture in the comic field 
and these drawings were immediately ac¬ 
cepted by the first firm I submitted them to. 
This series is to appear in papers in all parts 
of the United States. Whatever success I 
have attained is due to the excellent instruc¬ 
tion and helpful criticism which you gave 
me, as I had never had any art training be¬ 
fore enrolling with you. I unhesitatingly 
recommend your methods. 

J. Baldwin Burwell, Staunton, Va. 



Personal Criticism Great Help 

Allow me to thank you for the thor¬ 
ough instruction I received from your 
school. Your personal letter of advice 
and criticism with the lessons have been 
a great help to me. The comparison be¬ 
tween my latest and my early work 
proves this. Will recommend your school 
whenever possible. 

J. F. Burger, 
Baltimore, Md. 

Worth Many Times Cost 

I am working hard and the more I 
work the more I am convinced that your 
course is worth many times the money 
I paid for it. 

F. E. Welch, 
Philadelphia. 

Student Work Reproduced 

The lessons as taught by your school 
are doing wonders for me. I have had 


some work reproduced by an editor here. 
“Fine, just like a professional” was his 
comment. I am just on my eighteenth 
lesson now. 

Alex W. Brenzier, 
Hamilton, Ohio. 

Studying a Real Pleasure 

I want to say that studying your course 
has been more of a pleasure than any¬ 
thing else. It is undoubtedly the best of 
its kind, bar none. Wishing the school 
the greatest of success. 

G. R. Pepper, 
Nashville, Tenn. 

Satisfactory in Every Way 

I am pleased with the progress that I 
have made and thank you for all that you 
have done for me. The course has been 
satisfactory in every way and I have en¬ 
joyed the lessons very much. 

Oscar Ha,uck, 
Hamilton, Ohio. 






STILL OTHERS 


Wins Leslie-Judge Prize 



I take this opportu¬ 
nity to say that your 
school has been the 
principal means of 
what success I have so 
far had. About eleven 
months ago I entered 
your school. I only 
c , wish it had been 

Our Student 

George H. Schoonover SOOner. On March 
26th 1 won first prize in a Leslie-Judge 
contest. I have also sold other speci¬ 
mens of my work. So this course has 
already been worth double its cost to me. 
I am very pleased to say that I can fully 
recommend your school to anyone. 

George H. Schoonover, 
Lyons, N. Y. 


Impossible to Give All Praise 
Deserved 

I would like to tell you how much 
your course has done for me but I find 
it impossible to give all, the praise it. so 
well deserves. I have enjoyed every les¬ 
son and feel the deepest gratitude to you 
and your instructors. 

G. Crumbie, 
Nyack, N. Y. 

Appreciates Individual Attention 

I think Mr. Chandlee is a wonderful 
instructor. His lessons are just as if he 
were right with you instead of being 
away in Washington. Your school is 
far more beneficial than I ever imagined. 

L. R. Murphy, 
Elmira, N. Y. 


Famous Artist “Wynn* a Former 
Student 

Although still quite young, Wynn Hol¬ 
comb (“Wynn”) has received the recog¬ 
nition of being one of the most promis¬ 
ing comic artists of the day. Quite re¬ 
cently a full page in the New York 
World’s Magazine Section was devoted 
to “Wynn” and his work. This now- 
famous artist’s work appears in Shadow- 
land and other prominent magazines 
quite regularly. 

As an illustration of the freedom of 
the cartoonist’s life, “Wynn” left the 
country some time ago to go to Paris. 
His work, however, continued to feature 
in Shadowland, being forwarded from 
France. “Wynn” found many amusing 
characters and scenes there to furnish 
him with interesting material for the 
comics which he sent back to this coun¬ 
try. 

“Wynn” formerly studied under our 
method. 

Praises Our Method 

Gentlemen: 

I have been pursuing your course of 
study for the past ten months, and hav¬ 
ing completed the first twenty-two les¬ 
sons prescribed am pleased to say that 
the course has improved, beyond my 
fondest hopes, my knowledge of draw¬ 
ing. It has smoothed out for me count¬ 
less tahgles and has given me a wonder¬ 
ful “attack,” and to date I have been con¬ 
centrating my efforts upon the mastering 
of the points you have shown me. 

Again I raise my hat to your methods, 
which I find even growing more helpful. 
Thanking you for the consideration and 
the many helpful hints you have given 
me, I am Yours very truly, 

John M. Goodrich. 


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STILL OTHERS 


Lessons Are Great 

Received your lessons and sincerely 
thank you for same. I am going to send 
you some of my original drawings as 
soon as I can collect some, but I wish 
them to be positively my best. Your les¬ 
sons are great for anyone in love with 
art. 

Clarence E. Hawkins, 

U. S. N., Aviation Corps, 
Great Lakes, Ill. 

Enjoyed Course Immensely 

I have enjoyed this course immensely 
and feel that I have learned more in this 
one year than in anything I have ever 
undertaken. You have done much good 
for me as teacher and critic. I will rec¬ 
ommend this splendid course whenever 
I have an opportunity to do so. 

H. O. Schmitz, 
Alma, Kansas. 

Teaches Originality 

I want to say that I am delighted with 
my lessons, and find your criticisms very 
helpful. What I like so much about your 
course is that you teach your pupils to 
become original. 

L. R. Gilfilian, 
Norfolk, Va. 

Injustice Not to Tell Worth 

After finishing this lesson, I feel that 
I would be doing you an injustice if I 
failed to tell you that you have given me 
a good start. I have already sold some 
of my work and believe if I obey your in¬ 
structions I will be successful. 

Richard Linsey. 


If Failure, Own Fault 

Whatever success I ever attain will be 
entirely due to your excellent course of 
lessons. If anyone takes your course 
and comes out a failure, it will be be¬ 
cause he did not work hard enough. 
Wishing your school the best of success. 

Anton Jirik, 
Chicago, Ill. 

Appreciate Helpful Criticisms 

It is indeed a pleasure to follow the 
course you have outlined for me. I ap¬ 
preciate the helpful criticisms you make 
on the drawings and shall profit by them. 

Lester Kakai, 
Muhlendenberg College, 
Allentown, Pa. 

Course is Splendid 

The course is splendid and I am well 
pleased with the progress I have been 
able to make under your careful instruc¬ 
tion. Geowin Edfand, 

Philadelphia, Pa. 

Wouldn’t Miss For $1,000 

I am well pleased with my progress 
and would not miss completing the 
course for $1,000 if I could never get an¬ 
other chance to take it. 

P. F. Hicks, 
Jasper, Ala. 

Improved 100% 

I have improved 100% since taking 
your course, which I believe is as good 
as any, no matter what tuition they 
charge. If there is anything I can do 
for your school I gladly will. 

W. H. Cochra,ne, 
Butte, Montana. 


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OUR GUARANTEE 



\ \ TJL guarantee that our course of instruction covers every phase 
* * of instruction in each of the several branches of cartoon 
making, that when you have completed your course with us, if it 
can be shown that we misled you in any particular, that we have 
failed to give you individual instruction and advice, or in any way 
neglected our plain duty and obligation to you, we will cheerfully 
refund the full amount you have paid us. 

WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF CARTOONING 



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Free Employment Service 

J T is <l uite obvious that no reputable school can guarantee to find positions for every 
student. But the Washington School of Cartooning, by reason of its high stand¬ 
ing in the Cartooning World and because of its close contact with the Cartooning 
Market, has been able to place a great many of its graduates in positions of great 
importance and high remuneration. This service has in every case been absolutely 
free. 

Unlimited Advisory Privilege 

further evidence that our interest in you does not cease upon your completion 
of the prescribed work, you are given the unlimited privilege of free consulta¬ 
tion with our expert Advisory Board on any subject appertaining to this training. 
This privilege is not only in effect while you are taking your training, but as long as 
you are engaged in Cartooning. 


Certificating Diploma 

yY T the successful completion of your training, you are awarded a diploma to evi¬ 
dence the fact that you have satisfactorily performed all the work prescribed in 
the course and have a thorough knowledge and understanding of the principles of all 
branches of cartooning. 


Real Pleasure and Profit in Cartooning 

pOWER! Popularity! Pleasure! Profit! YOU know that there isn’t another pro¬ 
fession in the whole world that can offer you half as much as Cartooning. 
What is your answer? Are you going to drift along promising yourself that 
you will start “A little later?” Or will you putter with cartooning trying to 
grind out a method of your own? 

The Washington School of Cartooning offers you a wonderful new easy way to 
get into this fascinating field. It puts at your fingertips a wonderful new method of 
learning cartooning. It places at your beck and call a staff of experts who have 
already helped hundreds into fine positions in this most attractive field. It makes it 
easy for you to get into cartooning NOW! 


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Make Your Start NOW 

'T'HERE is no time like today! Never before has the scope of cartooning been so 
broad. Never have the opportunities been so numerous or so remunerative. But 
better still the future of cartooning seems even more rosy. And it is the man who 
starts Cartooning NOW who will be in a position to reap the bigger profits of to¬ 
morrow ! 

After reading about the famous Author of this course, after seeing how his 
wonderful individual-attention method functions, after scanning the enthusiastic en¬ 
dorsements of this method by the vast army of successful graduates, you cannot but 
realize that here indeed is YOUR one big chance to easily and quickly enter this 
fascinating fast-growing big-pay profession. 

Do not delay! Every day you put off enrolling means just so much Big Money 
lost that you might have earned, just so much progress lost that you might have 
made. Delay may even mean the loss forever of your one big opportunity to get 
into Cartooning. Do not let it slip through your fingers. Fill out your enrollment 
blank NOW and let that mark your first important step in your progress towards 
becoming the Cartoonist you really want to be! 


Student’s drawings in this booklet by: 

Elwood N. Allston, John Salitors, Ike Hughes, Frank Godwin, Ferman Martin, 
Harold Davis, J. J. Pilipaitis, H. H. Stewart, and John Goodrich. 



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